Cleveland County entertained Merseyside at the P&E Club in Eaglescliffe for their latest National League Division Three clash.

I would like to thank everyone at the P&E Club for stepping in and helping us when we couldn't play at our usual venue for a crucial game between two teams in the bottom three, giving the winners a chance of avoiding relegation.

Marj Gunn (17.48) got the B match underway when she won 3-0 and was Lady of the Match.

Jean Atkinson (14.78) had double trouble and lost 2-3, Sandra Reed (15.90) lost 0-3 and Many Stephens (12.85) lost 2-3, giving the visitors a 3-1 lead.

Jackie Allison (17.08) and Barbara Bradley (15.62) both won 3-2, to tie the scores at 3-3 after the Ladies B match.

The Men's B got off to a great start when Mark Eccles (23.48) won 3-0, John Peoples (22.21) won 3-1, before Glyn Neads (20.82) and Colin Foxton (23.80) both won 3-2.

Paul Skelton (20.31) lost 1-3, but then Man of the Match Tony Mitchell (25.05) won 3-0 as did Allan Galley (22.77).

Joe Nicholson (18.19) lost 0-3 and Adie Welsh (23.68) lost a very close match 2-3. Dennis Coleman (21.78) won 3-0 but Tony Liddell (18.21) lost 1-3. Mark Stephenson (21.57) won the final match 3-2 to give the B team an 8-4 win and hand Cleveland an overnight 11-7 lead.

Sunday started with the Ladies A matches and what a start Cleveland had especially after the hammering they took last month. Vee Page (19.84) won 3-1, Pat J Smith (14.88) won 3-0 as did Karen Helmore (19.03). Jean Hagan (18.30) and Lady of the Match Shirley Witton (21.25) won 3-1.

In the last match Babs Evans (16.57) had double trouble again and lost 1-3. But a nice 5-1 win for the ladies gave Cleveland a 16-8 lead.

The Men's A match got off to a good start, Jim Dunlop (26.14) won 3-1, Gary Stephens (27.33) won 3-0 and Tony Mitchell (27.32) won 3-1.

Carl Smith (22.09) had a double trouble game and lost 2-3, but then Kenny Dobson (23.19) won 3-2 coming back from 2 legs down.

Man of the Match Steve Robinson (27.56) won 3-1 before Simon Craven (26.96) lost 1-3, but then Rich Corner (25.47) won 3-0, Peter Maw (24.40) lost 2-3 as did Glen Durrant (28.17). Rob Grundy (24.48) won 3-2 but then Neil Young (22.68) lost 0-3.

Despite that result the A team picked up a 7-5 win and Cleveland claimed an overall win of 23-13 win with extra bonus points making it 26-13.